125 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 19, 1884

• Mr. Charles McConnell trapped another bear near Dundalk on Sunday last, measuring 23 inches around the fore-leg and weighing 295 pounds. It was thought some time go that he was going to abandon bears and go into the bee business. Perhaps he intends to run both; if so, he must avoid a repetition of the occurrence described by the poem "As Two Young Bears," etc.

• A letter from the District Secretary for Artemesia states that eight Orange Lodges of that district will participate in the celebration at Shelburne on the 12th of July. In all, about 30 lodges are expected to be present. The Owen Sound Band has been engaged for the occasion, and the coming anniversary of the battle of the Boyne is expected to be celebrated on a larger scale than ever before in Shelburne.

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 17, 1909

• John B. Rusk, who lives at the lower end of William Street in Orangeville, is in trouble again and once more it is with his neighbour Samuel Street. The kick of a cow started the great Chicago Fire and it was a cow that started the Rusk- Street feud. It appears Rusk's cow was pasturing in the neighbourhood and Street is alleged to have driven her off to the pound. And now Street says Rusk was going to let daylight into his lights and liver by means of an axe. Street had Rusk before Squire Pattullo yesterday afternoon and graphically pictured how the wild Irishman had rushed at him with the axe and threatened to cut away his upper works. The case was too big to be handled in one afternoon and the next performance will be Tuesday.

• The annual militia camp commenced on the old grounds of Niagara on the Lake Tuesday and will last until Saturday, June 26. In the neighbourhood of 4,000 men are under canvas or some 2,000 less than last year. The Shelburne contingent of the 36th Regiment — No. 7 Company, commanded by Capt. George F. Gabriel and the regimental band under T. F. E. Claridge — left Shelburne Tuesday morning by regular train for Toronto, the trip from Toronto being made by boat this time, instead of by train, as has been the custom for the past few years.

• The first annual meeting of the Dufferin Light and Power Company was held in the head office in Orangeville on Tuesday and attended by a number of out of town officers and directors. Although the company has only had its plant in operation for seven months, the secretary-treasurer was able to show a substantial profit. Contracts have been let for the power dam at Horning's Mills and the work will be pushed ahead as rapidly as possible. A transmission line has been built to Shelburne and will be extended to Orangeville by July 1.

• On Thursday evening last, as John Walker, of Mono, was leaving Shelburne for home, his horse took fright at an automobile which was travelling without lights, and bolted. Mr. Walker was thrown out with considerable force and sustained rather serious injuries to his head, necessitating surgical aid. He was able to go home the next day. The buggy, we understand, was badly wrecked.

75 YEARS AGO Wednesday, June 22, 1934

• The provincial election Monday resulted in a Liberal sweep provincially and locally. By midnight Monday the Liberals, led by Mitchell Hepburn, had 50 seats, to seven for the Conservatives, two for the Liberal-Progressives and one each for the CCF, UFO and an Independent. In Wellington North Dr. George McQuibban, Liberal, defeated Edward Boyd, Conservative, by a majority of over 5,000. In Dufferin- Simcoe, which includes Orangeville, Mono and Mulmur, Dr. W. D. Smith, Liberal, of Creemore, had 1108 votes more than J. Edgar Jamieson, of Collingwood, Conservative member of the last legislature.

50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, June 17, 1959

• The provincial election last Thursday saw Premier Leslie Frost's Conservatives returned to power with a slightly reduced majority, the standings being Conservatives 71, Liberals 22, CCF 5. There was no change locally, with John Root, Conservative, re-elected in Wellington- Dufferin and Rev. A. W. Downer, Conservative, in Dufferin-Simcoe.

• Shelburne Council has paved the way for construction of a senior citizens' home by agreeing to give priority to water and sewer services for the site on Centre Street.

25 YEARS AGO Wednesday, June 20, 1984

• An Ontario Supreme Court jury has found Lindley Charles McArthur guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying of Lee Marie DiPalma. Calling the act a "sadistic, sick sexual assault," Mr. Justice Wilfred DuPont sentenced Mr. McArthur, 21, of Collingwood, to life imprisonment without eligibility for parole for 25 years.

• Highway 9 between Grand Valley and Orangeville is be improved this summer with resurfacing, a new westbound passing lane and a new bridge over the Grand River.